Aleksandar Zograf

Serbian cartoonist

Aleksandar Zograf

Born	Saša Rakezić 1963 (age 60–61) Pančevo, Serbia
Nationality	Serbian
Area(s)	Cartoonist
Pseudonym(s)	Aleksandar Zograf
Notable works	Bulletins from Serbia Psychonaut

Saša Rakezić (born 1963 in Pančevo, Serbia),^[1] better known by his pen name Aleksandar Zograf, is a Serbian cartoonist. His works focus mostly on life in the former Yugoslavia, such as Life Under Sanctions, Psychonaut, Dream Watcher and Bulletins from Serbia.

Career

In 2017, Zograf signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.^[2]

Bibliography

Life Under Sanctions (Fantagraphics, 1994)
Psychonaut (#1-2 published by Fantagraphics, 1996; #3 by Monster Pants Comics/Freight Films, 1999)
Flock of Dreamers (Kitchen Sink Press, 1997)
Bulletins from Serbia: E-Mails & Cartoon Strips From Beyond the Front Line (Slab-O-Concrete, 1999) ISBN 1-899866-31-0 — translated into several languages.^[3]
Dream Watcher (Slab-O-Concrete, 1999) ISBN 1-899866-13-2
Jamming with Zograf (self-published, 2002) — collaborations with other cartoonists, including Jim Woodring and Robert Crumb.
Regards from Serbia (Top Shelf Productions, 2007) ISBN 1-891830-42-2

References

^ "This is Serbia calling," The First Post (February 17, 2007).
^ Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language, official website, retrieved on 2018-08-16.
^ Zograf profile, Lambiek's Comiclopedia.

External links

www.aleksandarzograf.com, official site
An Interview at The High Hat, (2004) https://thehighhat.com/Marginalia/008/lanier_zograf.html
The Comics Reporter's Short Interview With Aleksandar Zograf (2007) https://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/resources/interviews/7202/
Regards from Pancevo: an interview with Aleksandar Zograf conducted by Nina Bunjevac (2012) http://bturn.com/6987/regards-from-pancevo-an-interview-with-aleksandar-zograf
“I Am a Quiet Man, Busy with My Thoughts” – Artist Aleksandar Zograf on Serbian Comics, Flea Markets and Why the Graphic Novel is Not His Medium of Choice (2020) https://www.brokenfrontier.com/aleksandar-zograf-serbian-comics-kaktus-kid/
An interview with Zograf regarding ‘The Final Adventure of Kaktus Kid’ and his book ‘Partisanenpost’ published by Bahoe Books of Vienna (2020) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITE-CRAmI0s
Trailer for ‘The Final Adventure of Kaktus Kid’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-1UmNE2S7U&t=133s